DS9
S4E1-2
1713
01:27:49,723 –> 01:27:51,516
Enter.
1714
01:27:53,810 –> 01:27:55,979
I brought your discharge papers.
1715
01:27:55,979 –> 01:27:57,814
I thought you might want
to take a look at them
1716
01:27:57,814 –> 01:27:59,524
before I send them off
to Starfleet.
1717
01:27:59,524 –> 01:28:01,193
Thank you, sir.
1718
01:28:03,278 –> 01:28:07,532
I understand you’re headed
for the Nyberrite Alliance.
1719
01:28:07,532 –> 01:28:08,825
Yes, I leave
1720
01:28:08,825 –> 01:28:10,535
this afternoon.
1721
01:28:11,536 –> 01:28:13,622
For me, it was a job on Earth,
1722
01:28:13,622 –> 01:28:16,959
directing construction
of orbital habitats.
1723
01:28:18,794 –> 01:28:20,796
Why did you change your mind?
1724
01:28:20,796 –> 01:28:22,839
I finally realized
1725
01:28:22,839 –> 01:28:26,927
that it wasn’t Starfleet
I wanted to get away from.
1726
01:28:26,927 –> 01:28:32,724
I was trying to escape the pain
I felt after my wife’s death.
1727
01:28:32,724 –> 01:28:36,352
I thought I could take
the uniform,
1728
01:28:36,352 –> 01:28:40,649
wrap it around that pain,
and toss them both away.
1729
01:28:40,649 –> 01:28:44,153
But it doesn’t work like that.
1730
01:28:44,153 –> 01:28:47,572
Running may help,
for a little while,
1731
01:28:47,572 –> 01:28:51,160
but sooner or later the pain
catches up with you,
1732
01:28:51,160 –> 01:28:53,245
and the only way
to get rid of it
1733
01:28:53,245 –> 01:28:57,373
is to stand your ground
and face it.
1734
01:28:59,334 –> 01:29:01,586
But wearing that uniform
must remind you
1735
01:29:01,586 –> 01:29:03,213
of what you have lost.
1736
01:29:03,213 –> 01:29:05,966
Sometimes…
1737
01:29:05,966 –> 01:29:09,094
but it also reminds me
of what I’ve gained
1738
01:29:09,094 –> 01:29:10,637
and who I am.
1739
01:29:10,637 –> 01:29:13,182
Oh, I can throw away
the uniform,
1740
01:29:13,182 –> 01:29:16,601
resign my commission,
run all the way
1741
01:29:16,601 –> 01:29:19,562
to the Nyberrite
Alliance…
1742
01:29:19,562 –> 01:29:22,316
but it really wouldn’t matter.
1743
01:29:22,316 –> 01:29:26,736
A Starfleet Officer…
1744
01:29:26,736 –> 01:29:28,404
that’s what I am,
1745
01:29:28,404 –> 01:29:30,824
and that’s what I’ll always be.
1746
01:29:33,785 –> 01:29:35,745
And you think that is true
of me as well.
1747
01:29:35,745 –> 01:29:40,083
What’s important, Mr. Worf,
is what you think.
1748
01:29:42,669 –> 01:29:46,215
I think Starfleet has been
my home for many years.
1749
01:29:47,841 –> 01:29:50,426
Perhaps it still is.